TABLE 1.
Demographics of Survey Population Grouped by Cannabis Use for IBD
| Cannabis Users | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonusers | Current Users | Previous Users | All Users Combined | All Users vs Nonusers* | ||
| Age, mean (SD) | 36.7 (11.6) | 35.6 (10.9) | 37.6 (10.8) | 36.0 (11) | 0.55 | |
| Sex, n (%) | Male | 158 (23%) | 60 (40%) | 19 (68%) | 79 (37%) | 0.001 |
| Female | 464 (74%) | 91 (60%) | 41 (32%) | 132 (62%) | 0.001 | |
| Other | 3 (0.5%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | N/A | |
| State/territory, n (%) | NSW | 241 (39%) | 47 (31%) | 23 (38%) | 70 (33%) | 0.15 |
| QLD | 120 (19%) | 37 (25%) | 14 (23%) | 51 (24%) | 0.13 | |
| VIC | 142 (23%) | 38 (25%) | 13 (22%) | 51 (24%) | 0.68 | |
| NT | 5 (0.8%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | N/A | |
| WA | 51 (8%) | 11 (7%) | 5 (8%) | 16 (8%) | 0.78 | |
| SA | 40 (7%) | 9 (6%) | 3 (5%) | 12 (6%) | 0.65 | |
| TAS | 10 (2%) | 6 (4%) | 1 (2%) | 7 (3.3%) | 0.13 | |
| ACT | 13 (2%) | 2 (1%) | 1 (2%) | 3 (1.4%) | 0.54 | |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | Caucasian/European | 541 (87%) | 137 (91%) | 57 (98%) | 194 (92%) | 0.051 |
| Indigenous Australian or Torres Strait Islander | 21 (3%) | 3 (2%) | 1 (2%) | 4 (2%) | 0.28 | |
| Middle Eastern | 19 (3%) | 2 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (0.9%) | 0.09 | |
| Jewish | 15 (2%) | 4 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (2%) | 0.67 | |
| Chinese | 4 (0.6%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | N/A | |
| Indian | 14 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | N/A | |
| Other | 6 (1%) | 5 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (2.4%) | 0.12 | |
| Highest level of education, n (%) | Primary | 4 (0.6%) | 2 (1%) | 1 (2%) | 3 (1%) | 0.28 |
| Secondary | 188 (30%) | 45 (30%) | 15 (25%) | 60 (28%) | 0.63 | |
| Trade or vocational | 192 (31%) | 67 (44%) | 19 (32%) | 86 (41%) | 0.008 | |
| University degree | 239 (38%) | 37 (25%) | 25 (42%) | 62 (29%) | 0.019 | |
| Other | 1 (0.2%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | N/A | |
| Employment, n (%) | Employed | 484 (77%) | 114 (75%) | 46 (76.7%) | 160 (76%) | 0.58 |
| Employment status, n (%) | Full time work | 284 (59%) | 73 (64%) | 33 (72%) | 106 (50%) | 0.24 |
| Casual/part time work | 171 (35%) | 38 (33%) | 7 (15%) | 45 (21%) | 0.080 | |
| Student | 19 (4%) | 3 (3%) | 4 (9%) | 7 (3%) | 0.85 | |
| Other | 9 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (4%) | 2 (1%) | 0.65 | |
| Relationship status, n (%) | Partnered | 452 (72%) | 102 (67%) | 44 (73%) | 146 (69%) | 0.35 |
| Cigarette smoking, n (%) | Yes | 57 (9%) | 35 (23%) | 8 (13%) | 43 (20%) | <0.0001 |
| No | 453 (72%) | 78 (51%) | 36 (60%) | 114 (54%) | <0.0001 | |
| Previously, not current | 115 (18%) | 39 (26%) | 16 (27%) | 55 (26%) | 0.018 | |
Bolded values represent statistically significant findings (P < 0.05).
Number of respondents varied per item; Nonusers = 483–626, Previous users = 46–60, Current users = 114–152. Percentage of respondents is reported for each item.
*Analysis of nonusers versus all users (previous and current users combined). Continuous variables were compared with Student’s t-test and discrete variables were compared with Pearson’s χ 2 test with Bonferroni correction.
N/A, χ 2 analysis not able to be computed for comparisons as value less than 1.